6 Children Missing As A Boat Capsize In Lagos, Feared Dead

  Six children may have lost  their lives yesterday after a canoe they boarded on their way to school collided with a fibre boat causing their boat to capsize. They were being ferried from Ojo to Irawe jetty in Lagos. The students are primary and secondary school pupils. However, Eight of the students and the driver are responding to treatment at the Igando General Hospital,I

 

The spokesperson of the South West region of the National Emergency Management Agency NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye confirmed the incident and said the body of the 6 students who drowned has not been discovered.

“The fourteen  school children were being conveyed across Ojo to Irawe jetty, to school. 8 of the children and the canoe driver have been rescued. Five have been taken to Igando General Hospital for treatment, 3 have been discharged home. six children are yet to be recovered as I speak. Searches will continue tomorrow” he said.